remington



N0. 609,296. Patented Aug. l6, I898.

C. H. REMINGTON.

COUNTING ATTACHMENT FUR ROTARY CUTTERS.

(Applimtion filed Dec. 23, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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llNiTE TATES CHARLES E. REMINGTON, OE WAT RTOWN, NEW YORK, AssreNoR ToTHE 0. R. REMINGTON a soN COMPANY, OF sAME PLACE.

COUNTING'ATTACHMENT FOR ROTARY CUTTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 609,296, dated August16, 1898. Application filed December 23, 1897- Serial No. 663,277. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. REMING- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at VVatertown, in the county of Jefierson and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CountingAttachments for Rotary Paper-Gutters; andldo declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which, it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying draw-M ings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inattachments for paper-cutting machines, and especially to a device forcounting the sheets ofpaper as they are cut by a rotarycutting-cylinder, and when a certain number of sheets are cut theringing of a bell as a signal to the Operator in charge,

who may remove the sheets thus counted, and the counting repeated.

More specifically my invention resides in the provision of an attachmentto a rotarypaper-cutter whereby at each revolution of the rotary cutteran intermittent rotary movement is imparted to a ratchet-wheel by meansof a pitman which has an eccentric connection at one end with the shaftof the rotary cutter, while its other end is pivoted to a link carryinga pawl which is designed to engage with the teeth of the ratchet-wheelfor. rotating the same. In connection with the foregoing I provide ameans for trippingiaibellhammer as many times as may be desired duringeach revolution of the ratchet-wheel.

To these ends and to such others as the in vention may pertain the sameconsists, further, in the novel construction, combination,

, and adaptation of parts, as willbe hereinafter more fully describedand then specifically defined in the appended claim.

The present invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon,for1n apart of this specification, and in which drawings similar letters ofreference indicate like parts throughout the several views,in which-Figure 1 is an enlarged view, in side elevation, of the ratchet-wheel,bell, pawl, and pitman, showing the cam-track on which the bell-hammerrests. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of a rotary paper-cutter, showing thecounting mechanism operated by the shaft of the rotary cutter.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a plate secured to the end of the frame of the rotary cutter.This plate carries a stub-shaft c, on which is pivoted the link I) andalso the ratchet-wheel e. In the drawings are shown at f a flange havinga'cam-shaped circumference which terminates in a shoulder, as at g.Pivoted to the said plate A at is one end of the bell-hammer h, whichhammeris contracted, as at 2'. Carried on the hammer is the block Z, thelower end of which rests on the camshaped circumference of the shoulderor flange f on the ratchet-wheel, and as the ratchetwheel is rotated itwill be seen that the bellhammer will be raised up by the cam-shapedcircumference of the flange, and when the ratchet-wheel has made acomplete revolution the said block Zwill drop down over the shoulder gand the free end of the bell-hammer will strike the bell.

In the drawings, R designates the rotary cuttingcylinder, which may beof any wellknown construction and which does not form any part of thisinvention. This cutter is mounted on a shaft supported in the frame ofthe machine, and pivoted on a pin 0, ec-

centrically mounted in the end of the said shaftp, is one end of thepitman a, the other end Ofwhich pitman is pivoted to the upper end ofthe link 1), before referred to. Pivoted to the said link at anysuitable location is the pawl d, the free hooked end of which restsnormally on the toothed circumference of the said ratchet-wheel.

In operation at each revolution of the rotary cutter and its shaft,which cuts off a sheet of paper, the ratchet-wheel will make a partialrevolution by means of the pawl engaging in one of the teeth of theratchetwheel as ,the pitman, connected ecoentrically to the shaft, worksback and forth, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device for counting sheets of paper as they are cut by a rotarypaper-cutting machine, the combination with the shaft on which thecutter-cylinder is mounted, the eccentric-pin on the said shaft,theratchet-Wheel mounted on a stub-shaft, the cam-flange terminating in ashoulder on the face of the said wheel, the pitman connected at one endto the said eccentric-pin, the link connecting

